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Saving lives is in their blood
2018-06-21
Besides helping to save Islanders’ lives as part of their daily work, more than 2,000 staff members at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital are doing it with their own blood. QEH staff are bringing in Canadian Blood Services (CBS) from June 26 to 29 for what they hope will be an annual blood drive. The...
More drugs being covered by the province
2018-06-20
Islanders will soon have help to pay for more of the prescription medications they need for a better quality of life. The provincial government is improving the drug formulary by adding and expanding coverage for 28 new drugs beginning August 1. The new drugs will treat more than 260 Islanders with...
Days are numbered for hepatitis C
2018-06-19
Tyler Caissie is living proof that Prince Edward Island is nearing a landmark moment in its health care history. Caissie is one of more than 100 Islanders who no longer have the life-threatening liver disease hepatitis C. It happened after Prince Edward Island in 2015 became Canada’s first province...
Health PEI trustee appointed
2018-06-15
James (Jim) T. Revell has been appointed trustee of Health PEI. Portrait image of Jim Revell, Health PEI Board trustee 2018 Jim Revell, Health PEI Board trustee 2018 Image caption: Jim Revell A former Health PEI board member, Revell, is a member of the P.E.I. Law Society and Canadian Bar...
Changes to stabilize emergency, strengthen primary care in Montague
2018-06-12
Added resources and realigned services will help improve access to emergency department services and strengthen primary care for Kings County residents. Health PEI is, hiring dedicated emergency department physicians, at Montague's Kings County Memorial Hospital (KCMH) to support the...
Hope – a key ingredient in suicide prevention
2018-06-08
Amanda Brazil says it will take a better understanding of why Islanders would choose to end their lives in order to reduce the rate of suicides in the province. She was part of a group that worked with the provincial government to develop Building Blocks of Hope: A Suicide Prevention Strategy for...
Frail seniors to benefit from more in-home support
2018-05-31
Frail Island seniors living in Queens County can now receive in-home support for their complex health needs. A nurse practitioner has been hired to support the expansion to Queens County of the Caring for Older Adults in Community and at Home (COACH) program. The expansion is possible thanks to a $...
Winner of palliative care award the 'real deal'
2018-05-31
When he worked in the kitchen of the former Prince Edward Home on Brighton Road in Charlottetown, Joey Matheson was nervous to go into the palliative care unit. Two decades later, he has been awarded the province’s highest honour for excellence in palliative care. “I was terrified back then, of...
Trustee to be appointed for Health PEI
2018-05-23
As the province begins to transition the governance model of the provincial health authority, the current Health PEI Board of Directors has decided to step aside. “It was unfortunate to receive the resignation of the board, however I respect their decision. I want to thank them for their work and...
Islanders will help shape new diabetes strategy
2018-05-23
Islanders living with diabetes are invited to a series of important conversations next month that will shape Prince Edward Island’s renewed diabetes strategy. Health PEI will hold four focus group sessions across the province from June 5 to 13 to help inform the new multi-year strategy, which will...